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Go house hunting the high tech way

Holly Thomas

February 5 2016, 12:01am, The Times

A flat in Bedwell Park is £935,00 (Savills)

Strolling through a neighbourhood and peering into estate agency windows was once the only way to find a new home. These days, more than 90 per cent of prospective buyers start their property search online — and the thing they are most concerned about is price.

Here we outline some of the more high-tech ways in which you can search for a new home, and make sure you pay a fair market price.

Pricing history The website Propcision aims to lift the lid on what a property is really worth — and for investors, what a rental property will yield. Its advanced search engine allows buyers to track prices and view a warts-and-all picture of a property’s pricing history.